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Washington County reports sharp rise in residential treatment rates; officials emphasize keeping youth in community
Summary
County staff presented a five-year review showing residential treatment daily rates up roughly 68% from 2020 to 2025 and described steps to avoid out-of-home placements where possible; officials said counties in Wisconsin typically pay both treatment and education costs for residential placements.
Washington County Human Services staff told the committee that residential treatment and child-placing-agency costs have risen sharply in recent years, and the county is working to keep more children served in community-based programs to limit out-of-home placements and the associated high costs.
Coral, a Health & Human Services staff member, presented a five-year look-back on placement costs. She said child-placing agency (treatment foster care) costs have grown about 30% from 2020 through early 2025…
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